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USA / NATO :- Scandinavian weather tests U.S. Air Force readiness during Trident Juncture 18 ::

Cold Scandinavian weather conditions at Kallax Air Base in Sweden provide a unique opportunity to test the readiness of the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron during Trident Juncture 18. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder says the temperatures dipped below freezing and almost one inch in snow accumulation fell throughout the day.

The 480th Fighter Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 52d Operations Group, stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

The 480th EFS are participating in Trident Juncture 2018 in the skies above Sweden and Norway. With more than 50,000 participants from 31 nations, this is NATO’s largest exercise since 2015.

The exercise, conducted over several different European countries including Norway, Finland and Sweden, is designed to test NATO’s ability to plan and conduct a major collective defense operation, ranging from troop training at the tactical level, to command over large elements of a NATO force.

The exercise tests the whole military chain – from troop training at the tactical level, to command over large forces. It trains the troops of the NATO Response Force and forces from other allies and partners, ensuring they can work seamlessly together.

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RUSSIA :- Two Russian Tu-160 bombers end 10-hour flight over Norwegian, Barents seas ::

Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic missile-carrying bombers have ended their 10-hour-long flight over the Norwegian and Barents seas, while the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s F-16 fighters were escorting them on the route, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Two strategic missile-carrying bombers Tu-160 have made a scheduled flight over international waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas. The sortie lasted for over ten hours. At some stages of the route, the Russian aircraft were escorted by F-16 fighters of Norway’s Air Force," says the statement.

The defense ministry added that the aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Force landed at the home air base after the flight.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry pointed out that Russia’s long-range aircraft make regular flights over the international waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Caspian seas and the Pacific Ocean. Russia’s Aerospace Force planes strictly comply with the rules of using international air space and avoid violating other countries’ national borders.

The Tupolev-160 (NATO’s reporting name Blackjack, Russia’s unofficial reporting name White Swan) is a Soviet-designed supersonic strategic missile-carrying bomber with variable shape wings. Alongside the Tupolev-95MS, it constitutes the backbone of the Russian Aerospace Force’s fleet of long-range aircraft.

Its task is to hit crucial targets in remote areas with nuclear and conventional weapons. The Tupolev-160 is the largest-ever military supersonic plane and the heaviest combat plane in the world.

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UNITED KINGDOM / RUSSIA :- RAF Typhoon fighters scrambled to escort Russian bombers ::

RAF Typhoon fighters have been scrambled from the Lossiemouth air base in Scotland to monitor long-range Russian bombers, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.

"Typhoon fighters from RAF Lossiemouth were scrambled today as a precautionary measure against a potential incursion into UK area of interest by one or more unidentified aircraft. At no time was there a threat to UK airspace and the Typhoons subsequently recovered," they said.

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that two strategic bombers Tupolev-160 were flying a routine mission in international air space over the Barents and Norwegian seas. The Russian Defense Ministry pointed out that Russia’s long-range aircraft make regular flights over the international waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Caspian seas and the Pacific Ocean. Russia’s Aerospace Force planes painstakingly comply with the rules of using international air space and avoid violating other countries’ national borders.

The Tupolev-160 (NATO’s reporting name Blackjack, Russia’s unofficial reporting name White Swan) is a Soviet-designed supersonic strategic missile-carrying bomber with variable shape wings. Alongside the Tupolev-95MS, it constitutes the backbone of the Russian Aerospace Force’s fleet of long-range aircraft.

Its task is to hit crucial targets in remote areas with nuclear and conventional weapons. The Tupolev-160 is the largest-ever military supersonic plane and the heaviest combat plane in the world.

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Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk: NATO’s new cutting-edge spy drones:

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NATO began holding exercises Steadfast Defender 24, military maneuvers are now taking place in Poland. The video shows NATO troops crossing the Vistula; in three days, 3.5 thousand soldiers and several hundred pieces of military equipment were transported across the river. Leopard, Abrams, Leclerc tanks, Boxer and M2 Bradley fighting vehicles are used. Also, as part of the general maneuvers of the North Atlantic Alliance in Kozhenewo in northern Poland, the Dragon-24 exercise is taking place, in which about 20 thousand soldiers are involved.
The exercise will last four months and will involve 90,000 troops from 31 alliance member countries, 50 ships, 80 fighter jets and 1,110 combat vehicles, including 133 tanks and 533 infantry fighting vehicles. This is the largest NATO exercise since 1988. According to the exercise scenario, the deployment of troops in Europe and the simulation of a conflict scenario “with an almost equal enemy” are being practiced. The Bundeswehr will also conduct exercises, in which 12,000 troops will take part, as well as the 10th Panzer Division.